1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour, working with our own hands,.... As the apostle did at Corinth, Act 18:3 and elsewhere; partly to minister to his own necessities, and those of others; and partly that he might not be…

And labour ... - This Paul often did. See the note at Act 18:3; compare Act 20:34; 1Th 2:9. 2Th 3:8. Being reviled - That they were often reviled or reproached, their history everywhere shows. See the…

Working with our own hands - They were obliged to labor in order to supply themselves with the necessaries of life while preaching the Gospel to others. This, no doubt, was the case in every place…

Here the apostle improves the foregoing hint to a caution against pride and self-conceit, and sets forth the temptations the Corinthians had to despise him, from the difference of their…

and labour, working with our own hands Consult Paley, Horae Paulinae, 1st Ep. to Corinthians, No. vi, for a full discussion of the remarkable coincidence between this passage and the speech to the…